Dr. Celeste Saulo, Director of the Argentinean Meteorological Service and co-PI of CRN3035, hosted public and private drought-sensitive stakeholders from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay – the RCC-SSA members (http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/wcp/wcasp/RCC-SouthAmerica.html)– as well as selected experts from other countries in South America and the United States. Dr. Julian Baez (Director of the Meteorological and Hydrological Service of Paraguay) and Dr. Guillermo Podesta (University of Miami), both co-PI of CRN3035, chaired sessions and working groups, jointly with Dr. Robert Stefansky (Chief Agricultural Meteorology Division, WMO) and Dr. Roger Pulwarty, NOAA Senior Scientist.